Church of Siurana

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Updated: 02/19/2019

Siurana (a 6 Km de Cornudella de Montsant)
43360 Siurana, Cornudella de Montsant
Tarragona

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Marta Juanpere / David Esteller

Cornudella Tourist Information Office

+34 977 82 10 00 

tur.cornudella@gmail.com

Cornudella de Montsant Town Council

+34 977 561 416

aj.cornudella@altanet.org

 

 

Among the attractions is the Church of Santa Maria. It is a Romanesque building preserved in its entirety. It was built between the XII and XIII centuries, with the arrival of troops from Berenguer in 1154. In those years Siurana was an important point of defence of the Islamic frontier and was the last Muslim stronghold in Catalonia, conquered between 1153 and 1154.

The church is an example of beauty and simplicity simultaneously translated into a single nave and a semi-circular apse. His entry is framed by three eardrum appeared round arches resting on columns with capitals decorated with various.